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Wait, so Europeans dont want to use github pages? And would rather pay 9 euros/month?

veqq 1mo ago
Wow, yeah. I need to start offering static hosting for like $.99 (although then micropayments become an issue...) As is, I host like 100 business' sites on my VPS and only recently surpassed 1% bandwidth.
- toast0 1mo ago
  Probably better to do $10/year thsn $1/month... Maybe have a shorter first increment for people that don't want to risk $10...
  - chanux 1mo ago
    Bunny.net has a similar model and it's nice (Top up the account and minimum $1 per month). This website also has a pricing model that is a bit discouraging and quite common in my experience. Nice free tier, thanks, but the first paid tier is a bit far out of reach or not worthy. My only guess is that they are forced to do it this way to fund the free tier.
isodev 1mo ago
For less than a cup of coffee yeah.
- TeMPOraL 1mo ago
  Problem with "less than a cup of coffee" has always been that those "cups of coffee" are usually per month, and they quickly add up. Also hardly anyone drinks $9 coffees regularly.
  - m00dy 1mo ago
    you have a valid point.
- brnt 1mo ago
  My cups of coffee are free (at work), so...
brodo 1mo ago
> Wait, so Europeans dont want to use github pages? Yes > And would rather pay 9 euros/month? No
edukite 1mo ago
As a European I can only say I would rather pay 9€ monthly to European company than even receiving 5€ from USA I self-host my application so I don't have need for such service but if I couldn't I would pay 9€
- rrr_oh_man 1mo ago
  Can you pay me 900€? If not I’ll send you 500€ from the US
  - edukite 1mo ago
    Can I? Yes. Will I? No Keep your 500€, your fellow citizens in average need it more than average European
    - rrr_oh_man 1mo ago
      I wish you see a beautiful rainbow
      - edukite 1mo ago
        I did and don't even need methamphetamine ;)
nosioptar 1mo ago
As an american, I'd rather pay than use github's free pages. I'd go with sourcehut's pages @ €4 per month over statichost if I wanted to specifically go EU. (If not I'd go with nearlyfreespeech for $2ish per month.)
pocksuppet 1mo ago
Paying to not be the product is nice. Some places make you pay and still make you the product, though, so watch out.

veqq 1mo ago

Wow, yeah. I need to start offering static hosting for like $.99 (although then micropayments become an issue...) As is, I host like 100 business' sites on my VPS and only recently surpassed 1% bandwidth.

toast0 1mo ago
Probably better to do $10/year thsn $1/month... Maybe have a shorter first increment for people that don't want to risk $10...
- chanux 1mo ago
  Bunny.net has a similar model and it's nice (Top up the account and minimum $1 per month). This website also has a pricing model that is a bit discouraging and quite common in my experience. Nice free tier, thanks, but the first paid tier is a bit far out of reach or not worthy. My only guess is that they are forced to do it this way to fund the free tier.

isodev 1mo ago

For less than a cup of coffee yeah.

TeMPOraL 1mo ago
Problem with "less than a cup of coffee" has always been that those "cups of coffee" are usually per month, and they quickly add up. Also hardly anyone drinks $9 coffees regularly.
- m00dy 1mo ago
  you have a valid point.
brnt 1mo ago
My cups of coffee are free (at work), so...

brodo 1mo ago

> Wait, so Europeans dont want to use github pages? Yes > And would rather pay 9 euros/month? No

edukite 1mo ago

As a European I can only say I would rather pay 9€ monthly to European company than even receiving 5€ from USA I self-host my application so I don't have need for such service but if I couldn't I would pay 9€

rrr_oh_man 1mo ago
Can you pay me 900€? If not I’ll send you 500€ from the US
- edukite 1mo ago
  Can I? Yes. Will I? No Keep your 500€, your fellow citizens in average need it more than average European
  - rrr_oh_man 1mo ago
    I wish you see a beautiful rainbow
    - edukite 1mo ago
      I did and don't even need methamphetamine ;)

nosioptar 1mo ago

As an american, I'd rather pay than use github's free pages. I'd go with sourcehut's pages @ €4 per month over statichost if I wanted to specifically go EU. (If not I'd go with nearlyfreespeech for $2ish per month.)

pocksuppet 1mo ago

Paying to not be the product is nice. Some places make you pay and still make you the product, though, so watch out.